Vaux Brewery Site, Sunderland

CLIENT: City of Sunderland

VALUE: Undisclosed

STATUS: Masterplan Complete

In 2001 City of Sunderland commissioned Napper Architects to produce an urban masterplan for the recently closed Vaux brewery site in the heart of Sunderland's town centre. The proposals aim was to present a planning vision which aligned with the councils aspirations for the city's future growth.

A new landscaped pedestrian avenue would link the new facilities with the existing urban fabric to breathe new life into an otherwise under-utilised part of the city which has turned its back on one the city's greatest assets, the river.